Maurits Meijers
@mauritsmeijers.bsky.social
Research Professor of Political Science at the University of Antwerp 🇧🇪 || ERC Starting Grant holder DEMO-LIES: Deception in Democracy: Political Lying Accusations and Their Effects on Democratic Citizenship"
Today was my last full day at Radboud. 🥲 I will now take two months of leave before starting rejuvenated and fresh in Antwerp. In Antwerp, I will start my ERC Starting Grant project DEMO-LIES. Keep your eyes peeled for positions opening up soon! 4/4
April 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today was my last full day at Radboud. 🥲 I will now take two months of leave before starting rejuvenated and fresh in Antwerp. In Antwerp, I will start my ERC Starting Grant project DEMO-LIES. Keep your eyes peeled for positions opening up soon! 4/4
I am proud to announce that I have been appointed Research Professor at the Dept of Political Science at University of Antwerp, starting in June 2025!
I will leave Radboud University after having spent 9 wonderful years at the Department of Political Science in Nijmegen. 1/4
I will leave Radboud University after having spent 9 wonderful years at the Department of Political Science in Nijmegen. 1/4
April 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I am proud to announce that I have been appointed Research Professor at the Dept of Political Science at University of Antwerp, starting in June 2025!
I will leave Radboud University after having spent 9 wonderful years at the Department of Political Science in Nijmegen. 1/4
I will leave Radboud University after having spent 9 wonderful years at the Department of Political Science in Nijmegen. 1/4
This is what the waiting room of an ER in 🇳🇱 looks like.
If you'd set a TV-series like The Pitt in a European, properly funded ER with limited waiting time, no mass shootings, no fentanyl epidemic it wouldn't make great TV. 🥱
If you'd set a TV-series like The Pitt in a European, properly funded ER with limited waiting time, no mass shootings, no fentanyl epidemic it wouldn't make great TV. 🥱
March 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is what the waiting room of an ER in 🇳🇱 looks like.
If you'd set a TV-series like The Pitt in a European, properly funded ER with limited waiting time, no mass shootings, no fentanyl epidemic it wouldn't make great TV. 🥱
If you'd set a TV-series like The Pitt in a European, properly funded ER with limited waiting time, no mass shootings, no fentanyl epidemic it wouldn't make great TV. 🥱
Today was Nijmegen's turn for the relay strike against budgets cuts in higher education in the Netherlands. We protested against these irresponsible cuts on research and teaching. Stop the cuts! #WoInActie #DoeHetNiet!
March 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Today was Nijmegen's turn for the relay strike against budgets cuts in higher education in the Netherlands. We protested against these irresponsible cuts on research and teaching. Stop the cuts! #WoInActie #DoeHetNiet!
It was great to present work on parties' willingness to compromise at this nice workshop in Münster last week using new @poppa-data.bsky.social. Thanks again to @friderikespang.bsky.social and Manon Westphal for organizing!
March 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
It was great to present work on parties' willingness to compromise at this nice workshop in Münster last week using new @poppa-data.bsky.social. Thanks again to @friderikespang.bsky.social and Manon Westphal for organizing!
We saw The Brutalist yesterday. An amazing movie. Masterfully done. However, I did feel a bit cheated that the story was pure fiction, as it is presented as being biographical. Anyone else have this?
February 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We saw The Brutalist yesterday. An amazing movie. Masterfully done. However, I did feel a bit cheated that the story was pure fiction, as it is presented as being biographical. Anyone else have this?
Opponents mention opportunistic reasons for change: and talk about parties' ‘interests’, or their willingness to stay in ‘power’. Proponents appreciate the adaptation to changing ‘circumstances’, new knowledge or ‘advancing insights’. 8/n
February 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Opponents mention opportunistic reasons for change: and talk about parties' ‘interests’, or their willingness to stay in ‘power’. Proponents appreciate the adaptation to changing ‘circumstances’, new knowledge or ‘advancing insights’. 8/n
When we explore the distributions across party preferences, we see that acceptance of repositioning is highest among traditional mainstream/centrist parties, and lowest among far right supporters. 6/n
February 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
When we explore the distributions across party preferences, we see that acceptance of repositioning is highest among traditional mainstream/centrist parties, and lowest among far right supporters. 6/n
We further find that the negative effect of extremism is driven by respondents with far right extreme views, not left-wing extremists. 5/n
February 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
We further find that the negative effect of extremism is driven by respondents with far right extreme views, not left-wing extremists. 5/n
We test 4 hypotheses that explain variation in policy change acceptance: political interest (+), technocratic attitudes (+), ideological extremity (-), and populist attitudes (-). We find that, in most countries, political interest, extremism and populist attitudes have the hypothesised effects. 4/n
February 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
We test 4 hypotheses that explain variation in policy change acceptance: political interest (+), technocratic attitudes (+), ideological extremity (-), and populist attitudes (-). We find that, in most countries, political interest, extremism and populist attitudes have the hypothesised effects. 4/n
In contrast to many experimental studies (incl. my own), we find that there is considerable support for the principle of repositioning among citizens. 3/n
February 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
In contrast to many experimental studies (incl. my own), we find that there is considerable support for the principle of repositioning among citizens. 3/n
Let's goooooo! Stop the cuts! 🟥🟥🟥
November 25, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Let's goooooo! Stop the cuts! 🟥🟥🟥
Nijmegen Central is filling up with colleagues and students who will demonstrate in The Hague today against the insane cuts of at least 1.3 billion 💪💪💪💪
November 25, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Nijmegen Central is filling up with colleagues and students who will demonstrate in The Hague today against the insane cuts of at least 1.3 billion 💪💪💪💪
Looking forward to present my ERC StG project at the Dutch Political Psychology Meeting next Friday at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), organized by @bertbakker.bsky.social @maaikehoman.bsky.social @chantaldamore.bsky.social and Ruthie Pliskin!
November 24, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Looking forward to present my ERC StG project at the Dutch Political Psychology Meeting next Friday at the Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR), organized by @bertbakker.bsky.social @maaikehoman.bsky.social @chantaldamore.bsky.social and Ruthie Pliskin!
Using a survey experiment, we show that prejudice strongly shapes how citizens think about such community schools. While Moroccan weekend schools are seen as a threat, Italian weekend schools are seen as a valuable addition to society. 2/3
November 20, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Using a survey experiment, we show that prejudice strongly shapes how citizens think about such community schools. While Moroccan weekend schools are seen as a threat, Italian weekend schools are seen as a valuable addition to society. 2/3
I had the chance to play around with paid version of @elicit.com, an AI-tool that allows you to systematically scan and process papers. And I must say, I am quite impressed!
November 19, 2024 at 8:36 AM
I had the chance to play around with paid version of @elicit.com, an AI-tool that allows you to systematically scan and process papers. And I must say, I am quite impressed!
Post a perfect album from the '90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
November 19, 2024 at 6:44 AM
Post a perfect album from the '90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
Last week we protested in Nijmegen at Radboud University against the 1.3 billion cuts in higher education, despite the cancellation of the demonstration in Utrecht! Thanks @woinactie.bsky.social for getting organized so quickly! 1/2
November 18, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Last week we protested in Nijmegen at Radboud University against the 1.3 billion cuts in higher education, despite the cancellation of the demonstration in Utrecht! Thanks @woinactie.bsky.social for getting organized so quickly! 1/2
Happy to announce that I have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for my project titled "Deception in Democracy: Political Lying Accusations and Their Effects on Democratic Citizenship"
A huge thank you to everyone who has helped making this happen!
A huge thank you to everyone who has helped making this happen!
September 5, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Happy to announce that I have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for my project titled "Deception in Democracy: Political Lying Accusations and Their Effects on Democratic Citizenship"
A huge thank you to everyone who has helped making this happen!
A huge thank you to everyone who has helped making this happen!
For a host of different dependent variables, I find that repositioning has a strong negative effect, and that this is particulalry true for perceived decisiveness. Yet, female and male candidates are equally affected by this. 5/
April 26, 2024 at 11:02 AM
For a host of different dependent variables, I find that repositioning has a strong negative effect, and that this is particulalry true for perceived decisiveness. Yet, female and male candidates are equally affected by this. 5/
Using a fictional vignette, I vary the candidates gender and whether they change their changes their position more frequenty than their peers on a number of issues. 4/
April 26, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Using a fictional vignette, I vary the candidates gender and whether they change their changes their position more frequenty than their peers on a number of issues. 4/
Looking forward to giving this guest lecture in my colleague Reinout van der Veer's course on EU politization today!
We will diagnose the problem of politicization for mainstream parties and try and find solutions on how they can use politicization to their advantage.
We will diagnose the problem of politicization for mainstream parties and try and find solutions on how they can use politicization to their advantage.
October 10, 2023 at 7:20 AM
Looking forward to giving this guest lecture in my colleague Reinout van der Veer's course on EU politization today!
We will diagnose the problem of politicization for mainstream parties and try and find solutions on how they can use politicization to their advantage.
We will diagnose the problem of politicization for mainstream parties and try and find solutions on how they can use politicization to their advantage.
I look forward to present my joint work with @marikenvelden.bsky.social next week at the Party Research Group seminar of the University of Gothenburg on next Tuesday!
September 27, 2023 at 7:34 AM
I look forward to present my joint work with @marikenvelden.bsky.social next week at the Party Research Group seminar of the University of Gothenburg on next Tuesday!
In line with the argument made by Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson, we find that individuals' principled tenacity and mutual mistrust negatively affect support for compromise. 5/7
September 25, 2023 at 7:53 AM
In line with the argument made by Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson, we find that individuals' principled tenacity and mutual mistrust negatively affect support for compromise. 5/7